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Power over ‘coasting’ schools is not a conflict of interest, says RSC

A regional schools commissioner (RSC) has brushed aside any possible conflict of interest after being given new powers to…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Art staff ‘filled with dread’ at teaching outside specialism

Art teachers are experiencing “fear and panic” as they are forced to teach subjects in secondary schools that they…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Phonics check finds little improvement in literary performance

The government’s view that the systematic teaching of phonics is crucial to reading success has been dealt a blow…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Morgan looks again at axing requirements for parent and staff governors

The national body for governors has questioned plans announced this week by the education secretary to look into axing…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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School changes pupils’ GCSEs mid-course and blames Progress 8 compliance

Work experience cut and pupils’ GCSEs changed mid-course to be league table ‘compliant’ A Cambridgeshire school has cancelled a…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Secondary moderns hit hard by coasting school definition

Secondary schools in areas where the brightest pupils are selected for grammar schools will be more likely to be…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


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Unqualifed teachers numbers rise by 4,000 in a year

The number of unqualified teachers in schools has increased by more than 20 per cent, figures released by the…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Who’s on the new education select committee?

Fresh faces and women dominate the list of members put forward for the education select committee to be confirmed by…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Former £4K private school now rated ‘inadequate’ as a free school

A private school that used to charge admission fees of up to £4,000 a year has been rated inadequate…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Teachers should have ‘football-style’ one-to-one coaching, says report

A new report published by the Ark academy network includes a call for weekly one-to-one coaching sessions for teachers…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Nicky Morgan announces former Blair adviser Claudia Harris as head of new careers advice company

Prominent management consultant and former Blair adviser Claudia Harris has been appointed to lead the new Careers and Enterprise…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Early Excellence, CEM and NFER selected as baseline assessment providers

The Standards and Testing Agency has announced three approved providers for the reception baseline assessments. The chosen providers are…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden